May 18, 2020 – I want to share some great tips that Lee Cantos, BSN, RN, RN-BC shared with the Magnet Champions. Go outside! There are health benefits from being outdoors and May is a perfect month get out and explore.
Being outdoors:
- Decreases cortisol, blood pressure and heart rate
- Decreases anxiety and depression
- Decreases the risk of nearsightedness
- Increases Vitamin D
- Increases the ability to focus
- Increases creativity
- Inspires awe, and
- Contributes to weight loss
Where can you go to enjoy nature?
- Brazos Bend
- George Ranch Observatory
- Port of Houston Boat Tours
- Hermann Park and Miller Outdoor Theater
- The Houston Zoo
- Discovery Green
- Waugh Bridge to witness the bat flight
Araz Sarkissian, RD, LD, shared two links that list activities around the greater Houston area:
Enjoy the outside!
— Janet Leatherwood, CNO
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